Riding in Cars with Boys
“She did everything wrong, but got everything right.”
In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.
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Cast
74 people
Drew Barrymore
Beverly Donofrio
Known for
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
50 First Dates
Steve Zahn
Ray Hasek
Known for
Silo
War for the Planet of the Apes
Adam Garcia
Jason
Known for
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Coyote Ugly
Brittany Murphy
Fay Forrester
Known for
Happy Feet
8 Mile
James Woods
Leonard Donofrio
Known for
Once Upon a Time in America
Videodrome
Lorraine Bracco
Teresa Donofrio
Known for
The Sopranos
GoodFellas
Rosie Perez
Shirley Perro
Known for
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
The Road to El Dorado
Sara Gilbert
Tina Barr
Known for
Roseanne
Atypical
Peter Facinelli
Tommy Butcher
Known for
Twilight
Countdown
Mika Boorem
Beverly Donofrio (Age 11)
Known for
Along Came a Spider
Sleepover
Vincent Pastore
Uncle Lou
Known for
The Sopranos
Revolver
Maryann Urbano
Aunt Ann
Known for
Louder Than Bombs
Happythankyoumoreplease
Penny Marshall Director · Morgan Ward Screenplay Beverly D'Onofrio Author
Worldwide gross $36M · Budget $48M · United States release October 19, 2001
Box office
Budget
$48,000,000
Worldwide gross
$35,700,000
Gross vs. budget
0.7×
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
Gracie Films
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Denmark · October 19, 2001
Theatrical
United States · October 19, 2001
Theatrical
United States · March 19, 2002
Physical · DVD / VHS
United States
October 19, 2002 · TV · HBO
Australia
November 22, 2001 · Theatrical
July 5, 2017 · Physical · Blu-ray
Austria
June 20, 2003 · Theatrical
Canada
March 19, 2002 · Physical · DVD/ VHS
Czechia
February 21, 2002 · Digital
Denmark
December 25, 2001 · Theatrical
Finland
December 28, 2001 · Theatrical
France
July 24, 2002 · Theatrical
Germany
January 11, 2002 · Theatrical
Hungary
February 14, 2002 · Digital
Ireland
December 7, 2001 · Digital
Italy
March 15, 2002 · Theatrical
Japan
April 20, 2002 · Digital
Norway
December 26, 2001 · Theatrical
Romania
February 22, 2002 · Theatrical
Russia
December 7, 2001 · Theatrical
Singapore
November 14, 2001 · Theatrical
South Korea
March 8, 2002 · Theatrical
Spain
July 9, 2002 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
December 7, 2001 · Theatrical
June 10, 2002 · Physical · DVD / VHS
April 5, 2021 · Physical · Blu-ray
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